[Radio_man]

So with newscasters with decades of experience leaving a channel that could once legitimately claim to be "the UK's most watched news channel", presumably Nicky Campbell will be put through a thorough screen test to see if talking into a static microphone, chatting & nodding along with opinionated listeners, actually makes vaguely interesting television on a TV news channel?

Thought not

I'm fairly sure that press releases regarding Nicky's show have alluded to a new studio for his programme - which indicates that at the very least, the radio studio he currently presents from will be revamped to a better standard. Also, in recent weeks when the NC has dipped into 5 Live, they have had some visualised callers and they've overlayed pictures on top of the audio, etc, and I'm sure that's what they'll be aiming for with the programme when it launches - don't forget, we don't know the format of the programme yet. Nicky's show might change slightly. It could easily be something a bit like Jeremy Vine on Channel 5 (use of columnists, panel discussion, etc) which is pretty popular.

It's not just about the studio they use, or whether they get people to make video calls so we can see them ringing in from their car or living room. 
LBC have a flashy, souped up, TV style studio, but it's still a radio presenter talking into a static mic and nodding along with a caller. 
Nicky Campbell's program will still be a phone-in, getting the public's opinions on the morning's news. And if they do want to bring in politicians or commentators to turn it into a Politics Live style discussion, how many of those will be willing to go to Salford to sit in the studio for that? 

My point is that its supposed to be a TV news channel, and a proper TV news service in UK morning time will still be available for World viewers, so as this will be a new joint World & UK news channel, why not put the TV news service that World viewers will get out in the UK as well?
If the BBC must put Nicky Campbell's show out on TV in the UK, just put it on BBC 2 & iPlayer and put a proper news service out on the news channel.